Egypt’s Ministry of Social Solidarity and Save the Children International launched the first edition of a training programme to enhance the skills of rapid intervention teams on implementing the child safeguarding code of conduct.
In press statements on Sunday, Mohamed Youssef, the head of the ministry’s central rapid intervention team, said the training will be executed in stages to include different governorates.
He added the training is aimed at developing the skills of rapid intervention teams in all governorates, for being one of the Social Solidarity Ministry’s mechanisms for protecting homeless children and the elderly, safeguarding children within social care institutions, dealing with cases of human trafficking and illegal immigration, verifying the implementation of child protection policy and applying the code of conduct.
The rapid intervention teams receive reports on abuses against residents of social care institutions, as well as reports on abuses against homeless children and the elderly, through the ministry’s hotline (16439) or the Cabinet’s hotline (16528) or through what is spotted via mass media outlets and social media sites.
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